Doesn't change the idea: if the measurable negative effects of the run up in dec 2017 wasnt enough to change sentiment, then what is?
Thinking a block size increase is on the table and not taking into account what limitations/prerequirements it has, ...

As Jonathan said during this episode, maybe the real difference is that the Core direction is more concerned about actions that have bad results, while the cash direction is more concerned with inaction causing bad results.
From that perspective, we ...

Which users? Depending on when and how you got involved, there can be a lot of distance between what one users vision is/was against another. That's true even in the same demographic just because of natural variance in our individual perspectives.

A world of exciting possibilities is unfolding as we wrap our heads around digital tokens (such as Counterparty assets like LTBcoin) and their uses. Here are a couple of use cases I have been thinking about lately: token-based affiliate programs and token-based member-invite-only systems.

Adam B. Levine explained the idea of Token Controlled Access and the specific application of this called Token Controlled Viewpoint, where visitors to a website have different privileges and levels of access based upon the specific digital tokens they hold in a particular Counterparty address.

Say you are starting your own secret society. You could create a website that looks like an s... Read More

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On July 29, 2014, Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock - one of the world*s largest online retailers - launched a wiki page where he invited open discussion about the best way for a public company to completely bypass entities like NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange and issue its securities on a decentralized platform similar to Bitcoin.

The timing could not have been more comical.

That same Tuesday, a number of Wall Street suits, including representatives of Visa, Citigroup and other financial institutions, gathered for the one-day Digital Currencies conference, organized by America... Read More

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We all remember that kid at school who was strong or influential enough to decide who got to play ball or form part of the gang. That is a gatekeeper.

The gatekeepers of the adult world wield much greater power, of course. And yet, just like the class bully, they typically use their influence to get their way and exclude people or entities they dislike.

The problem with gatekeepers

In April 2014, Stefan Molyneux, came down heavily on political corruption and warmongering in an Amsterdam conference talk titled Bitcoin vs.Political Power. Right after he uploaded the talk to YouTube, Google suspended the eight-year-old YouTube account he had used t... Read More

It can be quite fascinating to hear people who are involved in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies talk about the time they first heard of the whole phenomenon, about their first impressions, and about how their opinions changed. You will find it is not always a tale of love at first sight.

What is your story? What did you think of Bitcoin and crypto in general back when you discovered them? How h... Read More

Doesn't change the idea: if the measurable negative effects of the run up in dec 2017 wasnt enough to change sentiment, then what is?
Thinking a block size increase is on the table and not taking into account what limitations/prerequirements it has, ...

As Jonathan said during this episode, maybe the real difference is that the Core direction is more concerned about actions that have bad results, while the cash direction is more concerned with inaction causing bad results.
From that perspective, we ...

Which users? Depending on when and how you got involved, there can be a lot of distance between what one users vision is/was against another. That's true even in the same demographic just because of natural variance in our individual perspectives.